AUSTRALIAN NEWS
AIR BAVIN’S TAX
FOR FAMILY ENDOWMENT
(Australian Press Association).
SYDNEY, April 2
The family endowment tax of two per cent on wages sheets, is now operating. It is expected to yield two and a-lmlf millions sterling per annum, and to wipe out the present endowment fund’s deficit in two years, when a reduction of the tax will he possible.
CHILD KILLED
BY SPIDER’S BITE
SYDNEY, April 2.
A five year old girl, who was playing with some companions in the grass at Carlingford, was bitten by a trapdoor spider, and she died within two hours. The locality is infested with these spiders, though there were grass fires there three months ago which swept everything clean.
CONFERENCE FAILS
(Received this day at 8.30. a.m.) " SYDNEY, April 3.
According to a message received at Sydney the Trades Hall attempt to settle the timber workers’ strike, initiated by the Victorian Chamber ol Manufacturers proved abortive. The collapse of the conference followed consideration for hours of a question on which the sides were unyielding.
DROUGHT BROKEN
AFTER 4 YEARS,
BRISBANE. April 3
Recent rains over central west districts have broken the drought which gripped the country for four ycais. The relief was most opportune as pastoralists were facing absolute ruin.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1929, Page 6
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